Hi Folks, From: Michael Polak < Subject: Re: CONFIRMED: ARACHNE is destructive! > > the PPP login failed. When Arachne collapsed upon itself, the contents > > of my C:\DOS directory were erased and DONOTPAN.IC! was created. I also confirm: * C:\DOS is the default directory for TEMP in MS-DOS 6.20 * Until about 2 years ago, I hadn't noticed or changed it. I normall run Arachne with TEMP set to a RAM disk, but this is not where my autoexec.bat sets it on boot-up. I don't need a RAM disk for much except Arachne. Then my TEMP is set to C:\TEMP, where I have been storing other temporary files for other programs. I also was dismayed when my ENTIRE C:\TEMP collection was wiped out when I ran ARACHNE without invoking the RAM disk (and its TEMP directory). I was NOT HAPPY ! I never am when I learn something the hard way. The lost files cannot be replaced. They were unique music files, recorded - not downloaded. Michael, Please write a built-in fail-safe for C:\DOS, and is it possible for ARACHNE to only delete its own files ? I will not be the only one to be caught out by this. Regards, Ron Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client